GerritChangeFilter doesn't trigger a builder if a push is done without a gerrit review

I'm on 0.8.14 and If I go through the usual Gerrit flow of a push for/branch & it's then merged into said branch, Buildbot triggers a build just fine. However, if I push it directly into said branch, even though Buildbot sees the change, no build is triggerred.
my AnyBranchScheduler is set up as: